New design of the transition from articulated joint to rod, creating transfer of torques in the region of up to approx. 15-20 Nm (or 5-10 Nm in continuous operation). There will also be three versions of articulated rod from the end of December 2009: aluminium (affordable), CFK (extremely light, but expensive) and GFK as an intermediate solution.

Integration of magnetic sensors to measure and transfer the current angle positions in the articulated joint. Work is still being done on this point. Space for the sensor system is provided, the technical design of the sensor mechanism should be completed in spring 2010 and integrated in the samples.

After extensive trials we assume that at least the following torques can be transferred with the articulated joint in continuous operation: